# VOXL2 difficulty in connecting to WiFi

Source: https://forum.modalai.com/topic/2038/voxl2-difficulty-in-connecting-to-wifi
Category: General Questions (https://forum.modalai.com/category/2/general-questions)
Posted: 2023-04-05 19:14:16 UTC by rohitpillai
Replies: 4 · Views: 1413

## rohitpillai · 2023-04-05 19:14:16 UTC

Hi,

I am attempting to connect to the WiFi using the Microhard Add-on board and the ALFA wifi dongle connected to the board using the JST USBA adapter. However, when I do ```voxl-wifi station <SSID> <Password>```. Nothing happens. No IP address is being seen under ``` wlan0```when I do ```ifconfig```. I made sure the SSID and password are correct. Is this a known issue recently cause I don't remember having this much trouble before. This is a brand new VOXL2 board running 0.9.5.

## Reply by modaltb (ModalAI staff) · 2023-04-17 17:20:52 UTC

Hi @rohitpillai ,

Sorry for the lag, no this isn't a known issue with WiFi, are you still experiencing issues with this?

## Reply by rohitpillai · 2023-04-20 20:35:20 UTC

Yep. It seems to be random. We tried different WiFi dongles and while it would fix the issue temporarily. It would cause issues a few days later.

## Reply by Siyu Chen · 2023-04-25 12:44:00 UTC (in reply to rohitpillai)

@rohitpillai Maybe use directly the name of the AP instead of the SSID?

## Reply by rohitpillai · 2023-05-17 17:19:35 UTC

I found out that the WiFi dongles were broken which is what was causing the issue :)